Paediatric Dentistry Department

Pediatric Dentistry Department of Sapporo Dental College and Hospital

  • The Pediatric Dentistry Department deals with academic and clinical training activities of students of final year as well as the graduate dental surgeons or interns.
  • Students and interns teach and train under direct supervision of the faculties
  • The Pediatric OPD (POPD) treats patients from 1-12 years with various dental problems.
  • Occasionally older children are also treated.

What Students and Interns learn at Paediatric OPD of Sapporo Dental College?

  • Diagnosis, treatment planning,
  • Inter-departmental referral
  • Counseling of parents and Child patients
  • Behavior management of un co-operative patients
  • Oral Hygiene Instructions and diet counseling
  • Operative dentistry, particularly restoration with Glass Ionomer, LC composites and Silver amalgam .
  • Paediatric endodontics/pulp therapies for primary and permanent teeth which include : Pulpotomy, pulpectomy, pulp capping, apexogenesis, apexification and root canal treatment (RCT).
  • Extraction of primary teeth and minor oral surgeries including drainage of abscess, operculectmy, frenal surgeries, etc.
  • Management of accidental trauma to primary and young permanent teeth

Faculty Members

Prof. Dr. Md. Asif Iqbal Khan,

BDS, MPH, Dip.Sc (NZ)
Professor & Head
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Dr. Shahnaz Parvin, BDS, DDS

Associate Professor
Department of Paediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Dr. Shahnaz Parvin, BDS, DDS

Associate Professor
Department of Paediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Dr. Galib Mahmud, BDS

Lecturer
Department of Paediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Dr. Md. Jubaer Aman, BDS

Lecturer

Department of Paediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Dr. Md. Jubaer Aman, BDS

Lecturer

Department of Paediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Dr. Nowshin Anber Hasan, BDS

Lecturer

Department of Paediatric Dentistry
Sapporo Dental College & Hospital 

Pediatric Dentistry in BDS Curriculum

  • The discipline of Pediatric Dentistry which was previously known as Children, Preventive and Community Dentistry, was introduced in undergraduate Dental curriculum in 2007.
  • The subject was renamed as Pedodontics in 2017 in the revised 5-years BDS curriculum.
  • It is now taught in 4th phase undergraduate BDS curriculum.
  • The duration is 1.5 years

Guidelines for teaching and treatment

  • Curriculum drawn up by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) and Centre for Medical Education ((CME) approved by Dhaka University (DU).
  • Consent from a parent or legal guardian is obtained before treating a child pt.